Today's News

A zone change request for two small properties on 3rd Street in Simpsonville from residential to highway commercial met the approval of city officials, in contrast to a negative recommendation from planners.

The Simpsonville City Commission approved a first reading for the adjoining properties at 401 and 405 3rd St. where a storage unit facility has been proposed.

Benita Anglin stood quietly before Shelby Circuit Judge Charles Hickman Monday as he ordered her to be taken immediately into custody for a nearly $600K theft from the school system she had pleaded guilty to in August and begin serving the 18 year prison sentenced he had just pronounced.

She had spoken not a word throughout her brief appearance at the podium in the circuit, but had let her attorney, Matt Pippin, plead an impassioned request for leniency from the court – a request that did not go over well with Hickman.

Shelby County High School’s Matthew Paverd is now one of the two best runners in the state with his second-place finish in Saturday’s Class 2A cross-country state championship meet.

Paverd says that his goal was to edge out Warren East’s Jacob England, but the Shelby runner finished just two seconds behind the first-place athlete from Bowling Green with Paverd clocking in at 16:07.39.

Sophomore Cameron Harris reeled in four catches in Collins High School’s 43-6 drubbing of Western on Friday in the first round of the KHSAA Class 4A playoffs.

Why is this significant?

Because Harris plays defense for the Titans.

The defensive back only needed one half of play to break Collins’ (7-4) school-record for interceptions in a game, and helped keep the ball away from the Warriors (4-7) offense for long stretches of the game.

It certainly has been a tumultuous 2016 for star Collins High School runner Gabriella Karas.

Despite not being able to compete in the regional or state meets this season due to injury, Karas was named the Female Student-Athlete of the Year in AA cross country by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association on Saturday.

“My coach [Sean Roberts] told me about it just two days before,” Karas said. “I was very surprised that I was chosen and thankful [Roberts] entered me for this award.”

Rev. Ronald Walker approached the Shelbyville City Council Thursday evening with a request for funds to cover the costs associated with the demolition of a dilapidating community center in Martinsville.

“We want to do something to help our community,” Walker said, noting improvements are often made around Martinsville but rarely within.